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...that while attempting to develop a super strong glue, 3M employee Spencer Silver accidentally developed a glue that was so weak it would barely hold two pieces of paper together? However, his colleague Art Fry needed the glue. Fry sang with his church choir and marked the pages of his hymnal with small scraps of paper that often fell out. He used Silver's glue to hold the papers in place. Today we call this invention Post-it Notes.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7665179 | Adjustable wire rope cleaning device An adjustable wire rope cleaning device comprising a first base plate and a second base plate, each having opposite ends and two longitudinal sides. Side bars are at the longitudinal sides of at least one of the first base plate and the second base plate and are ali... | 02/23/2010 |
| 7412745 | Brushless wire-rope cleaning device A brushless wire-rope cleaner having a base plate, two side members arranged on a base plate at a distance from one another, and a cover extending from one side member to the other side member so that the base plate, the side members and the cover form a channel. A ... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7216393 | Optical connector cleaning device The present invention relates to an optical-connector cleaning device, wherein an outer casing has an openable and closable window, through which a cleaning tape for cleaning fiber end surface of the optical connectors is gradually fed. The optical-connector ... | 05/15/2007 |
| 6990707 | Cylindrical member maintenance device A cylindrical member maintenance device is comprised of a housing comprised of two hinged halves for being closed around a cylindrical member, such as a stranded steel cable. A rotary helical brush assembly and a rotary longitudinal brush assembly are positioned in ... | 01/31/2006 |
| 6957471 | Cleaning rings for insulator driven by wind A wind driven cleaning ring apparatus for removing dirt on electrical insulators used in electric systems. The cleaning ring apparatus includes spaced apart bowl members supported on a cylindrical ring member by being sleeved over the ring member or formed integral ... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6470528 | Adjustable elevator cable cleaning apparatus An elevator cable cleaning apparatus employing wire brushes. The brushes are securely mounted to brush frame members which are in turn adjustably connected to mounting members. The mounting members are adjustably connected to the legs or frame of the hois... | 10/29/2002 |
| 5888310 | System and method for cleaning a drive train of a bicycle A system and method for cleaning a drive train of a bicycle, e.g., a mountain bike, that includes a novel stand, cleaning axle, tweezer brush, water nozzle, and gear cleaner used to clean the entire drive train of the bicycle or other cycle having a chain... | 03/30/1999 |
| 5868841 | Blade holder with swiveling device for positioning with respect to a device for transporting a material web A blade holder for disposing a blade proximate to a roll for transporting a continuous web of material includes a blade positioned transversely to a direction of movement of a continuous web of material. The blade tensioning device is disposed on a blade ... | 02/09/1999 |
| 5842252 | Pipe wiper system A pipe wiper assembly for stripping fluid from oil and gas well strings which has a pair of rams which can move from a first remote position relative to the pipe forward to a second position contacting and wiping the pipe and forward to a third position w... | 12/01/1998 |
| 5791011 | Rope cleaning device A device for cleaning elevator ropes includes a carpet strip clamped to be in contact with the elevator ropes and includes an additional supply roll of carpet. Once the portion of the carpet strip that comes into contact with the elevator ropes becomes so... | 08/11/1998 |
| 5784752 | Rope cleaning device A cleaning device for removing sludge build-up from elevator ropes includes a brush assembly secured within a housing and shielded by a guard. The sludge is continuously removed from the elevator ropes as the elevator ropes pass through the bristles of th... | 07/28/1998 |
| 5711050 | Chain cleaner for bread-bun ovens and proof boxes A device for cleaning a continuous chain and track, including the wheels of said chain, and then lubricating said chain without dismantling said chain from the track of a large breadbun oven and/or proof box. The device cleans the chain directly above a s... | 01/27/1998 |
| 5682620 | Drain cable apparatus An improved drain cable apparatus (10) is provided which facilitates clearing of clogged drainpipes (16) while providing a way to readily determine whether the drainpipe (16) has been cleared, without the necessity of withdrawing the drain cable (70) from... | 11/04/1997 |
| 5647084 | Apparatus for cleaning exterior or hoses, pipes, etc. A device having walls encloses a space. The walls provide an inlet aperture in opposition to an outlet aperture for admitting and withdrawing items, such as garden apparatus and tools, which are to be cleaned in the device. The interior space provides bru... | 07/15/1997 |
| 5628392 | Reversible belt scraper blade for cleaning high speed conveyor belts A reversible belt scraper is provided with opposite belt scraping surfaces and is adapted to be reversed by inverting. The belt scraper is formed with a pair of metal side frames, and a transversely elongated body is formed as a block of rubber defining t... | 05/13/1997 |
| 5622249 | Conveyor belt scraper For scraping caked dirt from conveyor belts in mines. The scraper blade is coiled inside a housing, and during operation is locked to the housing. For wear adjustment, the blade is advanced out of the housing towards the belt: in the preferred embodiment,... | 04/22/1997 |
| 5509353 | Drum cleaning apparatus for printing machine A cleaning head on a cassette of a drum cleaning apparatus is moved into contact with a drum to be cleaned. A cleaning sheet is moistened and passed between the drum and the cleaning head. The cleaning head is made of a resilient sponge-like material that... | 04/23/1996 |
| 5421529 | Process and device for cleaning sensors of a yarn monitoring system A process and device for the cleaning of the sensor surface of a yarn monitoring system used on spinning machines to monitor the yarn and/or the yarn quality. The yarn monitoring system is positioned without contact with the running yarn within the traver... | 06/06/1995 |
| 5386882 | Wire rope cleaning brush apparatus A wire rope cleaning brush assembly designed to clean elevator and hoist wire rope and cable includes a U-shaped frame having opposed legs, each leg configured to support a generally rectangular rope cleaning brush. The brushes are disposed with their bri... | 02/07/1995 |
| 5351359 | Anchor chain cleaning device A cleaning device 20 for cleaning a boat's deployed anchor chain 14, or for cleaning ropes, lines or similar items, and having: i) a generally O-shaped handle 21 having a central through opening 22 for permitting the user to grasp the handle 21, and at le... | 10/04/1994 |
| 5339947 | Scraping device for belt conveyors A device formed by a plurality of metal cores having at the top hard metal scraper bits, in which the cores are parallel to each other but are not in contact with each other. The cores are embedded in a one-piece block of polyurethane, rubber or other ela... | 08/23/1994 |
| 5301382 | Drain conduit router apparatus A router structure is arranged to effect the routing of tubular fluid conduits and more particularly, tubular fluid conduits such as available in water coolers and the like, wherein the routing of mineral deposits is effected by the projection of a flexib... | 04/12/1994 |
| 5253412 | Tip processing apparatus for jacketed optical fibers A tip processing apparatus is equipped with a holder, and a holder fiber holding unit for extending the tip of the jacketed optical fiber comprising at least one optical fiber provided with a jacket, the holder holding the jacketed optical fiber in place.... | 10/19/1993 |
| 5070569 | Brush cleaner for sprocket chains An adjustable brush for cleaning sprocket chains, particularly on motorcycles, has a three-sided adjustable rectangular cleaning channel, one wall of which is adjustable manually during use inwardly and outwardly to change the width of the cleaning channe... | 12/10/1991 |
| 5065859 | Conveyor belt scraper A conveyor belt scraper of the type having at least one arm pivotally mounted to a fixed structure adjacent a movable conveyor belt, a scraper blade secured to a free end of the arm for contact with the belt in use of the scraper, and a stack of resilient... | 11/19/1991 |
| 5036563 | Rotational elevator rope cleaning device Elevator hoist ropes are continuously cleaned by a rotatable generally cylindrical wire brush assembly mounted in the machine room or hoistway along the path of travel of the hoist ropes. The axis of rotation of the wire brush is skewed to the direction o... | 08/06/1991 |
| 5022493 | Method and apparatus for lubricating cables A dispenser for use in applying soap or other lubricants to wires to be pulled through conduits includes a slotted resilient canister capable of accommodating different size wires in a central bore, with the canister being filled with lubricant-retaining ... | 06/11/1991 |
| 4982473 | Wire rope cleaning apparatus Wire rope is cleaned or otherwise treated during operation in a system or machine by surrounding the wire rope with a plurality of tools at a location fixed along the wire rope path, and causing the tools to spin around the wire rope by positioning follow... | 01/08/1991 |
| 4953999 | Golf club grip cleaner A portable hand-held golf club grip cleaner includes an elongate housing having open ends and a longitudinal slot. The housing contains a removable cleaning pad insert and also carries a reservoir and spring device to wet the pads. The golf club grip is i... | 09/04/1990 |
| 4899416 | Wind powered cleaning and polishing flap for boat rails This handrail polishing flap is designed to depend from boat handrails when the boat is not in use, so as to clean and polish the handrails by wind power only. Primarily, it consists of a panel with a bristled plastic strip in the longitudinal middle port... | 02/13/1990 |
| 4861384 | Fluid removal cannister device A fluid carrying chain is drawn through a perforated cannister containing fluid removal nodules that remove fluid from the chain.... | 08/29/1989 |
| 4827555 | Drive chain cleaning apparatus A drive chain cleaning implement characterized by a base having an end portion and projecting portions each carrying bristles which present an overlying and straddling relationship with the drive chain, as on a motorcycle. The base includes an elongated h... | 05/09/1989 |
| 4817645 | In-process wire cleaning Methods for cleaning in-process wire are developed. In one embodiment a moving string loops around the wire and advances to present a clean surface to remove dirt from the surface of the moving wire.... | 04/04/1989 |
| 4795024 | Conveyor belt scraper units A conveyor belt scraper unit has two pairs of arms for connection to fixed supporting structures on either side of a conveyor belt. The two arms of each pair can be pivoted with respect to one another. One arm carries a reaction roller on one side of the ... | 01/03/1989 |
| 4777976 | Portable hose cart and method of use A portable garden hose cart for windably holding a hose and for transporting the hose between a storage location and the use location. The cart includes a frame having a pair of vertical sides each of which has a bearing. A reel is positioned between the ... | 10/18/1988 |
| 4593923 | Bicycle sprocket chain cleaner This is a bicycle sprocket chain cleaner that includes a housing and a removable cover wherein the chain while still on the bicycle is placed in the housing and the cover is placed on the housing to enclose a portion of the chain. The chain may then be ro... | 06/10/1986 |
| 4578120 | Bicycle chain cleaning device and method A bicycle chain cleaning or lubricating device and method adapted for cleaning or lubricating bicycle chains in place without need for their removal and replacement. The device comprises a receptacle for enclosing a portion of a bicycle chain to be cleane... | 03/25/1986 |
| 4570285 | Wire rope cleaning devices A wire rope cleaning device consists of a number of split collars that are clamped closed on the rope and are equipped with equiangularly-spaced arrays of tools, in the form of brushes and picks or spikes, directed radially inward to contact the rope surf... | 02/18/1986 |
| 4543683 | Device for cleaning stays A cleaning unit including a stay cleaning means such as a brush is mounted in the housing and is permitted to freely rotate around the axis of the stay. When the housing is moved up and down the length of the stay in a fixed angular position, the cleaning... | 10/01/1985 |
| 4542555 | Device for cleaning a collecting rope from oil or similar material The invention relates to a device for the cleaning of a collecting rope of oil or similar material. The device consists of a frame which is positioned around the rope and which has or to which there are connected tongues. The tongues are pressed or, by th... | 09/24/1985 |
